FGM in Kurdistan and routine infant circumcision in America share the same drivers: religion cited as justification, fathers replicating their own cutting, and ignorance that keeps the practice alive.
Any time the issue of FGM (female genital mutilation) hits the news in the United States, people typically respond with revulsion. Follow the discussion about this issue far enough and you’re also likely to come across the idea that FGM is wrong, and male children should not ha
God designed our bodies and that design is very good — including the foreskin. Here is what every parent should know about its functions, biblical circumcision, and why 90% of the world leaves boys intact.
Recovered from the archive: Why Every Christian Should See “American Circumcision”.
Most parents who circumcise their sons start their reasoning with “I don’t know.” That’s a post-truth decision rooted in eminence-based medicine, not evidence — and it’s a failure of American medicine.
The nursing home argument assumes your newborn son will need circumcision in 2096 because of how nurses are trained today. That is a breathtakingly short-sighted bet.
A husband and wife disagree on whether to circumcise their son. The conflict feels personal, but the deeper division — and the way through it — points to something the Enemy has long exploited.
Some gifts can’t be returned. Thousands of men are publicly saying they are not thankful for their circumcisions, and there is no gift receipt for what was cut away.
The idea that infant circumcision prevents urinary tract infections refuses to die — but the original 1985 study was flawed, and 195 boys must be cut to prevent a single UTI hospitalization.
